Bio:

Jan-Philipp holds a venia legendi (Habilitation) from the Faculty of Business Studies at University of Mannheim. He is head of the interdisciplinary research group at the University of Mannheim which operates a supercomputer dedicated to AI & big data research on sustainability.

His research appears in international peer-reviewed top journals, such as Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice (VHB: A), Journal of Management Studies (VHB: A), or ICIS (VHB: A). He authored books and contributed to scientific reports comissioned by German Federal Ministries. His research won or was nominated for more than 30 international peer-reviewed awards. He also holds the award for diversity & gender equality from University of Mannheim and a recognition for outstanding engagement for leading the 'task force Ukraine' of the University of Passau. 

Jan-Philipp is a frequent reviewer & was honored for this service by receiving a best reviewer award. He supports the profession by co-organizing international conferences, such the European Academy of Management and the Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research. He teaches at Bachelor, Master, and PhD level (entrepreneurship, organization, management, strategic & international management), is a frequent speaker in classes for international executive education (Mannheim Business School), and has coached more than 25 start-up teams. Jan-Philipp's research is discussed in the public media, such as Deutschlandradio/Deutschlandfunk, Spiegel Online, Der Standard (Austria), Brand Eins, DIE ZEIT or Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Jan-Philipp Ahrens gained his PhD (Dr. rer. pol.) from University of Mannheim (2010-2013). He was a visiting researcher at Ludwig-Maximillians-Universität München & Humboldt University at Berlin. From 2013-2014 he joined the German Federal Ministry of Finance in Berlin as a political advisor in business restructuring. In 2024 he was a visiting researcher at Stanford University, Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research. Marathon-Rowing is one of his passions. He finished 3rd in the quad-scull team discipline of the international Rhine marathon contest and 1st in the eight-team of the Technical University Munich team at the Roseninsel contest.

Jan-Philipp Ahrens's research interests include

• strategic, international & intercultural management
• entrepreneurship and innovation management
• sustainability and social impact
• artifical intelligence & supercomputing
• gender equality & diversity
• CEO attributes and behavioral biases
• family business management
• digital entrepreneurship & crowdfunding
• crisis management & corporate change
• development economics
• regional and urban development

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